Wednesday, September 21, 2011

MORE MOTOR HOME PUTTERING TODAY

Had another one of those great September days with warm sunshine, a cooling breeze and 70F temperatures. Nature’s way of healing whatever ails ya. So nice to see touches of colors beginning to appear along our forest path. In about 3 weeks our countryside will be ablaze as Autumn’s paint brush turns our landscape into a fiery blaze of colors.

Most of my morning was spent in and around the Motor Home. Moved the Sirius Satellite radio out of the Jeep back into the rig for the winter again. Quite a jarring shock to have the Jeeps radio playing commercial ram jam radio again. UGH, how awful is that!!

And, strong orders from headquarters this morning concerning the photo of Kelly and her Lobster and eggs benedict in Tuesday’s post. It was OK to show the food but not the food person in that particular photo and if I knew what was good for me I would crop the food person out poste haste!! Of course always being in a state of agitated confusion about knowing what's good for me I decided in this case I had better smarten up and listen to what I was being told for a change. Photo has been cropped accordingly...close call:((

To answer a commenter's question in Tuesday's blog...."I have only one question about that Inn. Where are all the people? Were you there before opening time? Or was it just because it was a weekday." Bayfield is a very touristy little villa during the summer with many people in town but that changes after the September Labour Day week-end. Still a fair few people in town on the week-ends while the good weather lasts but during the week things are pretty quiet again. And, especially in the mornings. Personally, I like it with less people or no people in a dining room. Nice and quiet with much less, or no clattering and chattering. We could hear the nice background music and we didn't have to raise our voices to hear each other. And, I like that:))

Another new Blog Follower today as 'AWorldCruise4Me' joins the Bunch. Always encouraging to see new folks come aboard and we extend our thanks and appreciation for your interest:))

It always distresses me when I come across emails from people I had meant to respond to and forgot. Saw another one this morning dating back to 09 from Ron K in Grand Bend saying they were going to be in the Yuma area where we were and hoped to drop around and say hello. The email came into our little used Yahoo account and I have no recollection of ever seeing it. In fact I have a lot of emails that I may or may not have responded to these past few years. Maybe not a big deal for a lot folks, but then again, I am not a lot of folks and the thoughts of missing or forgetting to respond to a reader’s email is always a concern to me.

Our good, and long time neighbour Monica took Kelly and I out for supper tonight. That was twice in one week we have ate out and must be some kind of at home record for us. Usually the only time we ever eat out is when we are traveling from point A to point B. On our longer journeys to or from the southwest we kind of like to start our days of at Cracker Barrel sometimes or just grab a morning egg McMuffin from McDonalds while on the run. Heard on the CBC today that Tim Horton’s coffee has just opened up a coffee shop in Dubai. Report went on to say they have 3000 locations in Canada and about 600 in the States. However, the one’s in the States are not proving to be as successful as the coffee shops here in Canada. Oh gee, I wonder if it has anything to do with the tiny cup sizes. D’ya think!! I ranted about this SMALL COFFEE CUP dilemma about a year ago. My rant begins about half way through the post!!

GROANER’S CORNER:(( And here’s a few one liners about food….

-Overweight is something that just sort of snacks up on you.

-On April Fools Day, a mother put a fire cracker under the pancakes. She blew her stack. -A couple of kids tried using pickles for a Ping-Pong game. They had the volley of the Dills. -The four food groups: Fast, Frozen, Instant, and Chocolate. -A friend got some vinegar in his ear, now he suffers from pickled hearing. -Sign in restaurant window: "Eat now - Pay waiter." -I thought you were trying to get into shape? I am, the shape I've selected is a triangle.

Well, I'm somewhat relieved to see I'm not the only one who has to be careful about whom I put in my photos. I don't have the rules posted off in one corner of the screen, but photos of my wife are a no-no. And then of course I can't give out too much other information about work...or health (unless it's mine but then who cares?) It can be a challenge. I once had to delete an entire post. *sigh* (but saved it in Live Writer. But don't tell)

My lady is just a bit touchy about photos, but if I take them carefully, she's OK with them. Fall color? Not any right here in Lone Pine, non that we can find, but it's coming. By November we'll have yellow leaves in Benson. And we'll be there to see them.

If you follow my blogs, you know I have NO problem being in any photo..I have nothing to be vain about, and find I am more like Maxine every day of my life...But ..I have family members that threaten to confiscate my camera and cut off my wine supply if I take their picture. Always better to comply than agitate, right? Love your Fall colors!

AL'S CAMERA EQUIPMENT

A sometimes asked question readers have about my blog is what kind of a camera do I use. Well I have 5 of them and use all 5.

'UPDATE':: July 2017 Thanks to a very generous blog reader I have been able to update my Nikon camera equipment and supplement my camera gear with a couple additional fine Sony cameras as well.I now have a Nikon D7200 sporting a new Nikkor 18-300 3.5 zoom lens. Also have picked up a new Nikkor 1.8 primary 35mm lens. In addition I also now have a Sony RX100-3 camera as well as a Sony Exmore Cybershot. I have given my Canon Powershot point and shoot camera to a neighbor.

- In early 2017 I replaced my Nikon D-90 camera with a new D-3400 after the 'auto focus' feature on my aging D-90 quit working. The Nikon D-90 had been my work horse camera sporting a Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 lens. I used this camera for most of my landscapes and I now have it set up for night photography where 'auto focus' is not necessary.

-My older faithful and favorite Nikon D-40 finally packed it in during the summer of 2015 and I replaced it with a new Nikon D-3100 which now carries my Nikkor 70-300mm 1:4.5-6.6 lens. I use this camera & lens for most of my candid people photos, birds, animals, bugs & flower close-ups.

- Previous to my Nikon D-90, most of my photos were taken with my old faithful Nikon D-50 from 2006 to early 2011 whereupon the D-50 suffered a rather gruesome death when it fell off a table onto a cement porch in southeastern Arizona. The 70-300mm lens on the camera survived the fall but the D-50 did not. My Nikkor lenses are interchangable between the D-90 the D-3100 and the D-3400.

-My Canon Powershot SX210iS is a point & shoot camera which I carry in a case on my belt everywhere I go.-My older Canon Powershot A720iS is the camera that sits close to my recliner for most of those doggy living room photos.